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4 In Custody To Tuesday's Homicide

Four people were taken into custody today in connection with a homicide investigation.

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Updated: 6:24 PM MDT Aug 29, 2014

4 In Custody To Tuesday's Homicide

Four people were taken into custody today in connection with a homicide investigation.

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Updated: 6:24 PM MDT Aug 29, 2014

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WEBVTT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TODAY IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR, DEPUTIES CHARGED TWO OF THEM-- SAMIR RODRIGUEZ AND FRANKIE ESQUIBEL, WITH THE MURDER OF KENNETH PEREZ. ACTION 7 NEWS THERE FOR TODAY'S BUST, AND AS NANCY LAFLIN REPORTS...THIS IS A CASE THAT HAS NEIGHBORS SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS. CRIME SCENE TAPE. POLICE LIGHTS AND LOTS OF DEPUTIES. IT'S HERE AT THIS HOME ON WALDIE SOUTHWEST WHERE INVESTIGATORS BUSTED FOUR PEOPLE. ALL FAMILIAR FACES TO THEIR NEIGHBORS. "they're really really sweet. The lady come out. Her daughter plays with my son. Really really sweet people." BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT MIGHT NOT AGREE. ON TUESDAY, 20 YEAR OLD KENNETH PEREZ WAS GUNNED DOWN AFTER A FIGHT AT A GAS STATION NEAR COORS AND BLAKE. "they believe these individuals had some type of involvement with the homicide tuesday." INVESTIGATORS SAY PEREZ WAS ABOUT TO BE A FATHER--TO TWINS. HIS FAMILY IS GRIEVING. AND NOW ANOTHER FAMILY IS IN TROUBLE. INVESTIGATORS SAY EVIDENCE LED THEM TO A HOME IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. THEY BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE ARE TIED TO PEREZ'S DEATH. THEIR NEIGHBORS-- DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING. "i've never seen anything unusual on this street. period." THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TODAY HAVE BEEN RELEASED. NOW HERE'S ANOTHER STRANGE PART ABOUT THIS. RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM HERE, DEPUTIES SAY A BOTCHED ROBBERY ENDED WHEN A DAIRY QUEEN EMPLOYEE SHOT AND KILLED THE SUSPECT LAST NIGHT. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP AT SIX. LIVE IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE, NANCY LAFLIN, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. MAYOR RICHARD BERRY

4 In Custody To Tuesday's Homicide

Four people were taken into custody today in connection with a homicide investigation.